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yokel

/ˈjəʊ.kəl/

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noun

/ˈjəʊ.kəl/C1formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее человека, который воспринимается как неискушённый, необразованный или не интересующийся культурой, часто из сельской местности.

A noun referring to a person who is perceived as unsophisticated, uneducated, or lacking interest in culture, often from a rural area.

  1. Uncultured country personB2informal

    A person from a rural area who is considered unsophisticated, naive, or lacking in worldly knowledge.

    ruНеотесанный деревенщина

    • The city tourists made fun of the local yokels.
    • He was dismissed as a simple yokel by the sophisticated crowd.
    • The play portrays a yokel who gets lost in the big city.

    Synonymsbumpkinclodhopperpeasantprovincialruberustic

    Antonymscosmopolitansophisticate

Forms
  • yokels plural form
  • yokels' possessive plural form
  • yokel's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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